“Le président américain, Donald Trump, a mis sa menace à exécutionâ€, notes The Country. The US military command for the Middle East confirmed that the United States had “attacked targets in Iran on Tuesday, after that country shot down an American Apache helicopter flying over the Strait of Hormuz†. The operation constitutes “a proportionate response to unjustified Iranian aggression†, a assuré l’armée américaine.
At midday, Donald Trump had accused Iran of being behind the helicopter crash on the night of Monday to Tuesday, and warned on his Truth Social network that the United States would “necessarily respond to this attack†. At 5 p.m. (Washington time), combining gesture with word, he ordered his army to carry out “self-defense blows†against Iran.
Interviewed on the telephone by ABC News while the strikes were underway, the American president reaffirmed that the American attack on Tehran was “an answer to what they did to [l'] helicopter last night, believing that “the response should be very firm, very powerful†.
Iranian response
Iran obviously did not stop there and immediately launched its own reprisals. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it had launched “Drone attacks against US fleet in Bahrain†and fired missiles at an air base in Jordan, and “a mis en garde†against one “response plus sévère†in the event of continuation of American strikes, reports Middle East Eye.
Around 9 p.m. (Washington time), the US army announced that its operation was over, specifying that it had struck “Iranian air defense installations, ground control posts and surveillance radar sites located near the Strait of Hormuz†.
Donald Trump “did not provide further details about the Apache helicopter crash†, from which the two occupants were able to eject in time, specifies The New York Times. As for Iran, it “did not claim responsibility for the attack, and its public broadcaster, Irib, quoted on condition of anonymity a military official who claimed that the country had not carried out any military operations over the strait in the previous twenty-four hours†.
An American official, however, assured Axios that“an investigation established that an Iranian drone… had indeed “hit the helicopter, causing it to crash near the Strait of Hormuz†. On the other hand, the investigation “could not determine whether the incident was intentional†.
Désescalade
Despite the mutual threats and retaliations between Washington and Tehran, retired American general Mark Kimmitt, former assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs, believesAl-Jazeera what “these latest clashes could signal a calming rather than an escalation of the conflict between the United States and Iran†, the strikes having remained, in his eyes, measured.
“I would be very surprised if the situation escalated to this point. I very much hope that this is a de-escalation, so that we can return to diplomacy… he declares.
An analysis shared by CNN, who judges the warning messages sent Tuesday by Donald Trump “halftone†– notably the one where he affirmed that the United States must “necessarily replicate†.
“It almost gives the impression of a step taken reluctantly, as if these retaliations were inevitable even though Trump did not wish to carry them out… observes the American channel, recalling that the tenant of the White House also “minimisé†the accident with the Wall Street Journal.
“We are certainly a far cry from Trump’s past bluster, when he threatened to strike Iranian infrastructure and wipe out the country’s civilization if it did not capitulate, REMARK CNN. This depicts a president who has absolutely no desire to return to large-scale hostilities, and who makes no secret of it.â€
